Today was the first day of the semi annual Mid Atlantic Tennis Buying Show here in the Washington DC area. While I have seen, and in most cases played with the new racquets for 2009, one new line has spiked a lot of interest in the last few days. Today would be my first chance
As I wrote about a few days ago, today was the big online launch of Babolat's new racquets for 2009.I had thought that this would be the time that they introduced the new Pure Drive and GT+ line, but alas I was wrong...One of the major criticisms of Babolat as a company is that they
It looks like Babolat has a big announcement coming up this Thursday... Last week Babolat sent me a huge postcard labeled with the phrase... "You won't get it out of your mind until you get it in your hands." This was their way of inviting me to an online product launch this Thursday February 19th
Volkl Power Bridge 10The PB 10 is the latest in evolution of the 10 series from the German company. And as they say in the Sham Wow commercials, "you know those Germans make good stuff!" The PB 10 is no exception. For those who are not familiar with the Volkl name and product line you
As a person who works in retail selling racquets, one of the biggest requests I get is for racquets that provide more power. This sounds like a good thing right? You buy a new racquet, and your serve magically gets faster, and you win more matches. Sounds like a win-win situation... Of course it is
The day we have all waited for has come! Last night I came off the court and saw several boxes for Wilson, which could only mean one thing.... The new sticks are here! I quickly rummaged through looking for the demo of the long awaited [K] Factor Pro Staff 88!I'm going to put it through
Happy New Year everyone! I though we would start off the new year by talking about what is going to be coming down the pike in 2009 from the "#1 Brand in Tennis", Wilson.Despite the struggling global economy, and a new technology set to be released in 2010, Wilson has a pretty big 2009 planned.
Just a quick post to update everyone on the staus on the new Babolat Pure Drive that is rumored to be coming...To recap, there have been several pictures floating around the internet of Andy Roddick using a new racquet. The specualation has been that Babolat will introduce the new version some time this year. Today
You gotta love the off-season, as short as it is! I thought that I would write a quick message today talking about some of the "hot" rumors floating around cyberspace regarding racquets.Djokovic to Head... This one came up last year around this time as well. Rumor has it that Nole will be returning to his
Hello to everyone! After a long absence I am back and ready to share some new stuff with you. Over the last several weeks I have been meeting with all of the manufacturer's reps and seeing all of the new products for 2009. In the next several weeks I'll be going through aof them and
